Keith Goodrum

Today I looked at the Alexa toolbar & saw that keithgoodrum.com broke the 200k mark. Woo-Hoo!

It’s one of the milestones I had set for this blog back in January. I thought it would take 4 or 5 months to hit this milestone, not 65 days. So, I’m thrilled to see it happen this fast.

Back in January Sam Carrara wrote a post titled Alexa Update, and mentioned he had seen a boost in his Alexa score. He then asked for people to take 3 easy steps, and post your results in the comments. As a bonus Sam generously offered to help the first 5 who commented with their Alexa ranking for 2 weeks.

The steps were easy, and almost took me 5 minutes to complete. I was the first to comment on Sam’s blog with my results. Of course it wasn’t hard to be 1st, because only one other person commented. Hard to believe that no one else took action.

Sam sent me a tip sheet, and emailed some suggestions. Nothing on the tip sheet, or any of the suggestions were difficult to complete. In fact a few of them I had already done, but I did pick up some valuable tips from Sam. He also featured this blog in one of his posts.

And how much did all of the cost me?

Nothing, it was free. Now, after the two weeks I continued to do the things I had learned. In addition I also sought out other resources to find ways to improve this blog’s Alexa score. But, most importantly I continued to take action.

Why did Sam do this? Have I ever met Sam before? Are we buddys? Neighbors? The answer is I’ve never met Sam, we’re not buddys, neighbors nor do we work together. We’ve emailed a couple times, and that’s it.

So, why did Sam do this? I can’t speak for Sam, but if I had to guess it… I’d say 3 reasons. First, Sam’s a great guy, and likes to help people. Second, he probably wanted to see if he could teach others how to improve their Alexa score. And third, I think he was having fun and enjoys what he does.

What were the rewards for Sam? Well, in the past 65 days I’ve linked back or written a post about Sam’s blog at least 4 times. I’ve added him to my blog roll. Plus I’m a regular reader of his blog, have stumbled his posts, and book marked them on social sites.

Why? Because Sam provides good content, which I enjoy reading. I’m also grateful to him for helping me learn how to improve my Alexa ranking.

Thanks, Sam.

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